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BlockSize class method

Project: Environment Variables Unit

Unit: PJEnvVars

Class: TPJEnvironmentVars

Applies to: ~>3.0

class function BlockSize: Integer;

Description

Calculates and returns the size, in characters, of the environment block in the current process.

The block size is sufficient to store a concatentation of all environment variables where each one is represented in Name=Value format, separated by a zero character (i.e. #0 or Char(0)) with the whole block terminated by a pair of zero characters. An example block with three variables is Foo=Lorem#0Bar=Ipsum#0Raboof=Dolore#0#0

Important. Because the size of the environment block is returned in characters, not bytes, you must multiply the returned value by SizeOf(Char) to get the size in bytes.